Elvis Presley’s Favorite Pound Cake

I hosted a last minute family get together a few weeks ago, Kristen and I decided that we wanted to bake something for her grandparents and I had pound cake in mind since it’s easy to bake and it’s the perfect coffee cake. I knew we had a pound cake recipe at Foodies’ already, but I wanted to try a different recipe so I hit google and started to browse through the results. I found recipes from sites I know and trust such as Pioneer Woman or Joy the Baker, but when I saw Elvis Presley’s favorite pound cake recipe I knew the search was over. How could I not want to try The King’s favorite pound cake!

Upon reading about the recipe from Saveur, I found out that one of Elvis’s favorite sweets was the pound cake made by his childhood friend Janelle McComb who shared the recipe on the 10th anniversary of his death. She would bake two loaves for Christmas and bring them to Graceland, Elvis could eat one all by himself!

As for the cake itself, it is sweet, and dense. There are two things that really make this cake what it is. One of them, is the added cream and the other is beating it for 5 minutes. We’re always telling you not to over beat batters for baking, as this does affect the consistency. This time, we want you to beat! Also, if you have two loaf pans, use them. I used a single bundt cake pan and it almost overflowed out of my pan.

This cake was a hit with my family, and even more so when I shared the story behind the recipe, my mother in law was especially curious to try Elvis’s favorite pound cake recipe. She is a true fan… she has all his records and her coffee mug has Elvis on it.
Enjoy it, and tell the story!

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Helga is a wife, mother and entrepreneur. She took a professional cooking class at the Guatemalan Culinary Academy (Academia Culinaria de Guatemala) and as a mom, she's into children’s nutrition, giving children a role in the kitchen.

Kitty is a designer and photographer, but mostly a cooking fan, learning at an early age from her grandmothers and cook books. She loves to bake desserts and fusion cuisine from local Guatemalan ingredients and international recipes.